Slideshow: Homeless workers in Brazil occupy unused land and buildings
All photos by Andalusia Knoll. Hear and read Sam Cowie’s report.
Tagged: Brazil
Brazilian housing activists score a World Cup victory
The World Cup continues in Brazil, but for 5000 homeless workers in São Paulo, there is a different reason to celebrate. Since May, the workers have occupied a space of land less than three...
FSRN Weekly Edition – June 13, 2014
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World Cup preparations and urban displacements in Rio
The 2014 FIFA World Cup kicks off this Thursday in Brazil. However, not all Brazilians will be celebrating. Across the 12 host cities, large numbers of people have been evicted from their homes or...
São Paulo sweatshops trap Bolivians seeking jobs in Brazil
Over the past decade, economic growth in Brazil has attracted thousands of poor Bolivian immigrants to work in the textile sector of São Paulo; South America’s wealthiest city. Many of those who lack proper...
Slideshow: Brazil’s Rua Martins Fontes housing occupation
Read or listen to Sam Cowie’s report on how a Brazilian movement has turned an abandoned government office into housing for poor, working families in São Paulo. (Photo credit: Sam Cowie) Click on any...
Families occupy buildings in São Paulo as housing costs soar
Over the last five years, rising real estate speculation in central São Paulo has created a deficit of affordable housing. In response, left wing housing movements seize abandoned buildings, transforming them into housing units...
Impunity still an issue in Brazil, 50 years after military coup
This week marks 50 years since a military coup in Brazil paved the way for 21 years of dictatorship. During the regime’s rule, around 400 people were murdered or disappeared. From Rio de Janeiro,...
Dragging death puts spotlight on Rio police abuses
In Brazil, the death of a working class woman, dragged by a police car has caused outrage amongst human rights organizations. President Dilma Rousseff took to Twitter to offer her condolences to the family...
Rio police take over another favela as part of “pacification” operations
In Brazil, Rio state forces have moved in to occupy Vila Kennedy, a violent neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro. The action is part of the city’s so-called pacification program in which state special forces...
